i have been studying with jehovah's witnesses for approximately two years.
initially, i liked the studies and felt that i was growing closer to god.
however, as the studies progressed, they seemed to become increasingly negative and i did not like what i was being taught.
Maria, because you haven't been baptised, The Watchtower has no authority over you.
In fact, they don't have any authority over you if you do. They only have the authority over you that YOU give them. Being dipped in a batch of tap water doesn't change that.
former fbi deputy director mccabe confirms: there were discussions within the department of justice about invoking 25 th amendment to remove trump from office.... .
i mean the us democracy isn't a third world country, a least the people involved should be reprimanded, they acted like trying a coup d'etat..
Oh no......
Not another of what just amounts to a Pro-trump circle jerk thread full of the rights what-about-isms.
Sad.....
The board just seemed so peaceful for awhile.
wt study october 2018. maintain inner peace despite changing circumstances.
lloyd and alexandra learn that they have been reassigned to the field, they at first felt sad.
after all, they had been serving at bethel for over 25 years.
Man I feel so sorry for these lost souls that were chewed down to the bone and spit out by the maggots in warwick.
I don't.
i just overheard an anointed acquaintance on the phone with a friend of hers who has just had surgery for cervical cancer.
among the snippets of dialogue i heard on my end of the line, these ones stood out:.
"you lost a lot of blood?
Translation:
"I need you to not kill yourself off until after you've gotten baptized so that I can take credit for your conversion."
Whatever it takes to get those hours in!!!
if humans have to suffer to have free will and to disprove satan's challenge to god as mentioned in the bible...then why the f*ck do animals have to suffer as well?
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satan's challenge involved humans and not poor animals.. i'm looking for an honest explanation from believers.. at this point, the older i get, the less i believe in a god who is "love"..
The whole of the OP presupposes that that WT inspired leagalize fairy-tale incident happened in the first place.
crazy people shoot up places and kill people.
take away guns and they will find knives, poison, bombs , etc.. seriously, there are a lot of mentally unhealthy people!
they need professional long term help..
Their not half as good as it as the Republicans were during the Obama years.
crazy people shoot up places and kill people.
take away guns and they will find knives, poison, bombs , etc.. seriously, there are a lot of mentally unhealthy people!
they need professional long term help..
They do not have a majority in the senate nor do they occupy the Whitehouse.
They do have the ability to prevent Trumps bullshit legislation from coming to the floor for debate or vote. The same tactic the Republicans used during the last 6 Obama years.
alright, so what is the deal with the thousands coming to the states right at election time seeking asylum?
i'm not up on this, usually try not to be, but how can this not be manipulative?
it's either manipulative in the size of the group and pressure that creates, or in where it started or who started this, etc.
Isn't it strange how the Caravan just vanished from the news
Yeah.....
Especially since it was Donald Trump who was the only one pushing it to generate faux fear of an invasion by "those other people" and move his minions to action.
Now that it didn't work as intended he's back to Paris getting ready to suck (up) to Putin.
today we celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary and my sons 16th birthday.
i feel privileged to be able to show my appreciation and love for both the men in my life without feeling guilt.
we left in 2009 as a family and have not regretted the choice.
Happy Anniversary
Me and the wife just passed the 35 year mark.
Sadly, she is still very much in to my chagrin. Anything not complimentary to the organization is the work of satan, his demons, and apostates.
***sigh***
i resigned from the jw's in my 20's over 30 years ago, i was immediately shunned by my entire family and it's remained that way with a few exceptions ever since.
one of those exceptions was being contacted by a cousin a few years back and during that conversation i discovered that my mother had been and still was the prime mover in my complete and continuing shunning.
i then used what contacts i had left to confirm it.
I'm sorry, but I would've done the same thing. How dare they cut you out of their lives cold turkey for 30 years then when they are in dire straights expect you to come in and save them.
Can't their spiritual brothers and sisters come to their aid? Or, how about that organization that they love so much?
